Russia to introduce e-visa without invitation in 2021
Single-entry visas for a stay of up to 16 days will come in the start. Later, the goal is to
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Sweden: Comparing emissions taxes for planes and cars
If flights were to pay for their impact on the climate, just like lorries and cars do, a plane trip
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Scandinavian Airlines and pilots union reach agreement to end strike
The 7-day pilot strike at SAS Airlines has ended after late night talks saw the company and unions in Denmark,
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Scandinavian Airlines pilots on strike, thousands of passengers stranded
Airline passengers found themselves stranded at airports around Scandinavia on Friday, after the pilots for SAS Airlines went on strike
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Canadian couple among stranded passengers after Icelandic budget airline WOW Air folds
An Ottawa couple currently in Iceland says it’s going to cost them an extra $2,000 to get back home after
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Alaska’s largest airport expects more passengers this summer
Airport managers in Anchorage, Alaska are expecting more passengers this summer. Passenger capacity on planes flying to the Ted Stevens
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EU Boeing aircraft ban affects Norwegian Airlines flights in Helsinki
Norwegian Airlines has announced the cancellation of four flights from Helsinki to Stockholm and one flight to Helsinki to Oulu
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Sweden should promote biofuels to cut aviation carbon emission: report
Sweden’s Minister for the Environment and Climate, Isabella Lövin, received a report about biofuels in the aviation industry on Monday.
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Travellers complain about wait times at Yellowknife airport, in Northern Canada
Complaints about long security wait times at the newly renovated Yellowknife Airport made their way to the Northwest Territories legislature
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Air traffic controllers’ lockout set for ski holidays in eastern, northern Finland
Air traffic controllers have announced their intention to embark on a one-week workers’ lockout from 9.00am 4 March until 9.00am on
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Chechnya tourism info center to open in Murmansk
A tourism information center supported by Chechen authorities is due to open in downtown Murmansk, northwest Russia. The Visit Chechnya
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Climate activists launch campaign urging Swedes to give up air travel
Would you be prepared to give up flying for a fixed period of time to help tackle climate change? Radio
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Norway’s Tromso airport still the busiest in northern Scandinavia, stats show
Scandinavian aviation authorities report a year-on-year increase in passengers at most northern airports in 2018. Tromsø airport posts a solid
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No more direct flights between northwest Russia’s two largest cities
People from Murmansk and northern Norway now have to fly via St. Petersburg or Moscow to get to Arkhangelsk. “The
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Future of Air North’s direct flight from Northern Canada to Ottawa up in the air
People in Yellowknife are anxious about the future of Air North’s direct flight to Ottawa, a route many laud as
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